Freight trains carrying coal pose a health risk to communities living near rail lines. (Getty) Trains carrying loads of coal bring with them higher rates of asthma, heart disease, hospitalization and ...

In past iterations of a long-term regional resource plan from PacifiCorp, Rocky Mountain Power’s parent company, there have been estimated timelines to shut down Hunter and Huntington, two major Utah ...

Although US coal consumption has fallen dramatically since 2005, the country still consumes millions of tons a year, and exports tons more—much of it transported by train. Now, new research shows that ...

Coal falls off a conveyer belt as it's off loaded from trucks from local coal mines at the Savage Energy Terminal on Aug. 26, 2016 in Price, Utah. Utah joined a legal challenge against a new EPA rule ...

The trade war between the U.S. and China has prompted a Utah iron ore mine to shut down, a move that at least temporarily ends Union Pacific unit train operations between Cedar City, Utah, and the ...

Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series that will appear in coming weeks about whether trains serving the proposed Millennium Bulk Terminals coal terminal will increase cancer risks.

Trains carrying loads of coal bring with them higher rates of asthma, heart disease, hospitalization and death for residents living nearest the rail lines, according to a new study from the University ...

The first health impact study of coal train pollution centers on the San Francisco Bay Area, with scientists finding communities near passing coal trains suffer worse health outcomes. Trains carrying ...